Valtra SmartTour: Continental Supports as Official Partner

Continental is equipping official SmartTour tractors with advanced tractor tire TractorMaster for Valtra’s 5th annual roadshow and showcasing its tire portfolio at the SmartTour locations Hanover/Suolahti, January 17, 2019. Continental is partnering with Finnish agricultural machinery manufacturer Valtra: The technology company is supporting this year’s Valtra SmartTour. The SmartTour tractors will be equipped with Continental’s… Continue reading Valtra SmartTour: Continental Supports as Official Partner

Innoviz Establishes Presence in Four New Regions and Enhances Manufacturing Ability, Enabling the Production and Distribution of its LiDAR Technology at Scale – PRNewswire

“Demand for our solid-state LiDAR offerings continues to invigorate the team and take Innoviz to new heights,” said Omer Keilaf, CEO and Co-Founder of Innoviz. “Our latest accomplishments are simply a reflection of the outstandingly successful year we’ve had filled with automaker design wins, Tier 1 supplier partnerships, product innovations and awards, and more. Innoviz… Continue reading Innoviz Establishes Presence in Four New Regions and Enhances Manufacturing Ability, Enabling the Production and Distribution of its LiDAR Technology at Scale – PRNewswire

Toyota Yaris Delivers Extra Style and Sporting Appeal with New Y20 and GR Sport

The style choice is street-smart or sporting for two new additions to the Toyota Yaris line-up for 2019. The new Y20 celebrates the supermini’s 20th anniversary, while the hot-looking GR Sport is inspired by the exclusive Yaris GRMN performance hatch. Both versions take their place in a revised Yaris range, which continues to offer the… Continue reading Toyota Yaris Delivers Extra Style and Sporting Appeal with New Y20 and GR Sport

Journey to the heart of the Tesla gigafactory

The highway winds gently between bleached hills: on this gray January day, the snow has chased the wild horses that usually graze there, in the middle of the desert. When suddenly, the white building surmounted by a red band appears in the distance. A building adorned with legends and mysteries: it’s here, 35 miles from… Continue reading Journey to the heart of the Tesla gigafactory

Heavy traffic: overhead line – but right!

The heavy goods and delivery traffic should be electrified more strongly. For kilometer-wise overhead lines are to arise. That money in this way to stick in trucks instead of the train, but is completely insane! An IMHO  from Sebastian Grüner January 16, 2019, 12:01 pm So is freight transport on the overhead line! (Image: Rolf… Continue reading Heavy traffic: overhead line – but right!

Reuters Rides Along with AEye at CES 2019

AEye takes Reuters on a drive down the Las Vegas Strip to show off how its artificial perception technology can detect up to 1000 meters and mimic human perception by focusing on important objects in a scene.

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Reuters Rides Along with AEye at CES 2019 — The Future of Autonomous Vehicles: Part I – Think Like a Robot, Perceive Like a HumanHella and AEye Extend Strategic Partnership to Deliver Sensing and Perception Solutions for ADAS and Autonomous DrivingThe Future of Autonomous Vehicles: Part II – Blind Technology without Compassion Is RuthlessAEye Announces Industry Leading Family of Perception Sensors for ADAS SolutionsAEye’s iDAR Shatters Both Range and Scan Rate Performance Records for Automotive Grade LiDARAEye Introduces Advanced Mobility Product for the Autonomous Vehicle MarketLG Electronics and AEye Announce Strategic Partnership to Address Sensing and Perception Needs of ADAS MarketAEye’s $40M Series B Includes Numerous Automotive Leaders Including Subaru, Hella, LG, and SKGartner Names AEye Cool Vendor in AI for Computer VisionAEye Granted Foundational Patents For Core Solid-State MEMs-Based Agile LiDAR And Embedded AI Technology

Continental Technology Powers Jeep® Wrangler’s New eTorque Mild-Hybrid System

Powerful new eTorque technology contributes to improved fuel economy and reductions in CO2 emissions Continental’s industry-first, liquid-cooled 48-volt Eco Drive is part of the FCA US LLC eTorque mild-hybrid system, now available on iconic Jeep® Wrangler Marks the technology’s first application in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment and with a North American vehicle manufacturer… Continue reading Continental Technology Powers Jeep® Wrangler’s New eTorque Mild-Hybrid System

‘I’ve assumed the worst’: Aston Martin and Bentley brace for slow-motion Brexit crash – Brisbane Times

Loading Aston Martin’s board before this week authorised contingency planning for Brexit that included shipping car components via air freight to allow for the use of ports other than Dover, which faces potential chaos in a no-deal scenario. For the last eight months, Volkswagen AG-owned Bentley has likewise supplied some parts through an alternative port,… Continue reading ‘I’ve assumed the worst’: Aston Martin and Bentley brace for slow-motion Brexit crash – Brisbane Times

Continental: Powertrain boss Andreas Wolf has to woo investors in difficult times

Duesseldorf Andreas Wolf could be quite satisfied. The 58-year-old is the boss of a new large company, which has about 40,000 employees and is represented worldwide. The outsourced powertrain division of the ContinentalGroup should intensively deal with electric drives in the future, so it is also promising for the future. An IPO, in which the… Continue reading Continental: Powertrain boss Andreas Wolf has to woo investors in difficult times

Industry must rein in spend on electric, self-driving cars -Magna CEO

DETROIT (Reuters) – Global automobile and auto parts makers which want to capitalize on electric and autonomous vehicles need to cut back investments and forge more partnerships instead, the chief executive of global parts supplier Magna International said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Magna CEO Don Walker speaks during the company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting in Toronto, May… Continue reading Industry must rein in spend on electric, self-driving cars -Magna CEO